Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

J. P. WYNKOOP.- CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 448,289. Patented Mar. 17, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT Prion.

JEHIEL F. WYNKOOP, OF CORSIOA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-DRlER.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,289, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed October 21, 1890. Serial No. 368,789. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J EHIEL F. WrNKooP, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Corsica, in the county of Jefferson and State of Pennsylvania, haveinventcd certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Driers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front perspective of the drier having its clothes-supporting arms extended as they would appear when arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View having said arms let down, as it would appear when not in use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4; is a vertical sectional view of the same, having a portion of the clothes-supporting arms broken away. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the slotted and socketed casting of the drier, which forms a part of the mechanism for supporting the extendingarms and by means of which the drier is removably attached to a Wall or other similar place. Fig.6 is a similar view of the supporting-arm of said mechanism. Fig. 7 is a side View of the end portion of one of the said clothes-supporting arms, showing a screw-eye secured in its end. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of said arm portion and of a pair of hooks having a cord connecting each hook, and Fig. 9 is a front view of the studded plate of the drier for securing the clothes-support-ing armsinto posi tion.

This invention relates to certain improvements in clothes-driers adapted for domestic purposes and designed to be removably attached to a wall or other suitable place; and it consists in the particular construction and arrangement and operation of parts, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the following specification and claims.

The object of this invention is to render the drier more durable, cause less labor in its construction, provide greater capacity for hanging clothes, make it automatic in its operation, in looking to hold the drier-arms extended when they are raised into position, and adapt it to be removably attached to a wall or other suitable supporting place which have not heretofore been accomplished in driers of this class.

Referring to the drawings, B is the back board or partof the drier which is provided with the depending perforated lugs B, one at each side, and L is a leaf thereof provided with the extending portion L, arranged between lugs B and hinged thereto by means of the screws g g, which are arranged through the lug perforations and turned into said portion L, which portion and lugs are smoothly rounded, so as to permit a free unobstructed movement of the leaf. 7

G is a casting, (or it may be of stamped or pressed metal) and is so constructed that it is provided with a raised portion forming a longitudinal recess or chamber E, (see Fig. 4,) with a face-slot extending the length of said recess, with an extending offset E at the upper end of said recess and with the socketloops S S respectively at each end thereof, and with perforated lugs extending from each side, and is attached to the back B by entering the socket-loop portions S S into corresponding holes bored through the back B, and thus secured into position by means of screws turned into the back through the perforated side lugs, as shown. The loops of sockets S S are largest at their lower portion, adapting them to be placed over the head of a wall screw or stud, and when lowered their contracted portions will saddle upon said screws or studs in the rear of their heads, which will prevent them from becoming disengaged until such time as when it is desired to remove the drier, when the drier is raised again, bringing the enlarged portion of the loops into line with the wall screws or studs, when the drier may be moved from them.

In Fig. 4: I have illustrated the wall-screws at u: w engaged in the loops supporting the drier. The purpose of the sockets S S is to bring their loops beyond the surface or face of the back B within the back, so the screw or stud heads of the wall may not extend beyond the face of the back 15, and also to bring the loops closer to the wall, so the wall screws or studs may be much shorter, and hence stronger and more durable than otherwise.

D is the leaf-supporting arm, and is provided with the hook D at its lower end and ICC with the cross-head V at its upper end, and is attached to theleaf L by'means of a screweye I turned into the leaf, and so arranged that the hook D may be placed therein, as shown, and connected with the casting O by arranging its cross-head 1; within the recess E, and its body portion adjacent the crosshead extending through the face-slot, and when the leaf is raised the screw-eye and armhook D serve as a hinge, and the said arm D will be raised, which will cause the crosshead V to move up in its recess E, and as it nears the top of said recess it will engage and depress a spring-arm t, which I have arranged therein, and when it has reached the top said spring will force it out into the extending reeess or offset E, when the leaf is released,

permitting the weight of the leaf and its attached arms to be borne by arm D, which, by reason of its cross-head V resting on the shoulders for-med by said extending recess or offset, will support the leaf. lVhen it is desired to lower the leaf, the upper end of arm D is pressed backward, which pressure will cause the spring 25 to yield and permit the crosshead V to re-enter the recess E, and as soon as the cross-head is moved off its shoulders of the extending recess E the arm renders no further support and the leaf lowers to a perpendicular position by gravity, and thus by means of such supporting mechanism the operation in locking the supporting-arm into position to support the leaf is automatic, and but a simple pressure on said arm .is necessary to lower the leaf.

P is the studded plate for attaching the arms a to the leaf L, and is provided with a series of equidistant studs Z Z, which studs are respectively arranged in holes bored through the inner end of said arms and three of said studs. The two end ones and the center one are longer than theirfellows, and are arranged through corresponding holes of leaf L and provided, respectively, with a washer and riveted at the lower side of the leaf, which firmly and perfectly holds the said arms and saves time and labor in separately arranging and securing said arms.

Secured in the end of each arma is a screw.- eye (I, for holding a cord, and e e are cords of equal length respectively secured at one end to the opposite side arms a, and from thence threaded through the adjacent eyes d in respective order, and finally jointly attached to the eye of the center arm by means of their hooks h, which are hooked into said eye. The purpose of said cords is to increase the capacity of hanging space of the drier,and by the arrangement the cord may or may'not be used, as desired, and but one section maybe independently used, if so desired.

By observing the drawings it will be noted that the leaf folds down in such manner as to be of the same plane as the back B, which compacts the drier more than would be otherwise, and by observing Fig. 3 it will be seen that I have designed arm D so it will engage the back and leaf at their joint, and thereby prevent the leaf from swinging backward, which is an advantage in packing the driers for shipment and in other ways, as the back and leaf will be held onone plane.

Haying thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The herein-described clothes-drier, consisting of the combination of the back B, the leaf L, hinged thereto, the arms a, pivotally connected to the leaf, the studded plate P for connectingsaid arms, the recessed and socketed eastingO, fixed to the back and provided in its front wall with a slot, and the arm D,

hooked to the leaf and provided with a crossheadoperating in the recess of said casting, substantiallyas and for the purposeset forth.

2. In the clothes-drier described, the combination, with the back B and the hinged leaf L, of the casting (J, fixed to the back, as shown, and provided with the recess E, the extending recess or offset E, and the face- Slot, the spring 25, arranged within said castmg-recess, and the arm D, hooked to the leaf and provided with the cross-head V, operating in the said recesses, in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JEHIEL F. WYNKOOP. WVitnesses:

WM. J. HUToH s, N. B. HAGIN. 

